The Privacy Iceberg

This is original content. AI was not used anywhere except for the bottom right image, simply because I could not find one similar enough to what I needed. This took around 6 hours to make.

Transcription (for the visually impaired)

(I tried my best)

The background is an iceberg with 6 levels, denoting 6 different levels of privacy.

The tip of the iceberg is titled “The Brainwashed” with a quote beside it that says “I have nothing to hide”. The logos depicted in this section are:

The surface section of the iceberg is titled “As seen on TV” with a quote beside it that says “This video is sponsored by…”. The logos depicted in this section are:

An underwater section of the iceberg is titled “The Beginner” with a quote beside it that says “I don’t like hackers and spying”. The logos depicted in this section are:

A lower section of the iceberg is titled “The Privacy Enthusiast” with a quote beside it that says “I have nothing I want to show”. The logos depicted in this section are:

An even lower section of the iceberg is titled “The Privacy Activist” with a quote beside it that says “Privacy is a human right”. The logos depicted in this section are:

The lowest portion of the iceberg is titled “The Ghost”. There is a quote beside it that has been intentionally redacted. The images depicted in this section are:

  • A cancel sign over a mobile phone, symbolizing “no electronics”
  • An illustration of a log cabin, symbolizing “living in a log cabin in the woods”
  • A picture of gold bars, symbolizing “paying only in gold”
  • A picture of a death certificate, symbolizing “faking your own death”
  • An AI generated picture of a person wearing a black hoodie, a baseball cap, a face mask, and reflective sunglasses, symbolizing “hiding ones identity in public”

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  • hummy_bee
    2·
    14 hours ago

    Could I request if you could ELi5 for me? Unfortunately, I didn’t understand a thing.

    • jim3692@discuss.online
      1·
      7 hours ago

      Just like you can change your Windows PC to Linux, or install a custom ROM on Android, to have better control over your devices, it is also possible to change the firmware on most routers.

      OpenWRT is the most popular option for that. It’s a Linux based firmware, that has a package manager allowing you to install additional things on your router.

      For example, I have a TP-Link TL-WR902AC v3. Out of the box it is just a USB-powered 5GHz extender. After installing OpenWRT to it, I added:

      • WireGuard: to route all the traffic over my VPN
      • DNS-over-HTTPS: to encrypt all DNS requests
      • USBIP: this is because I sometimes use it to connect a webcam for my cat, and I forward the camera to my server in another room

      By adding WG and DoH to the “repeater”, I can connect this little guy to any public WiFi, and securely connect my devices to it.

    • pigup@lemmy.world
      10·
      13 hours ago

      Its like (actually literally) installing Linux on your router instead of its little corporate steal-your-data software. It allows your old router to have all kinds of modern features and full-blown control. My netgear orbi system was dying. I don’t know what the hell was happening to it, but everything was super slow and clunky and netgear quit supporting it a few years ago. I thought I was going to have to get a new expensive mesh router system. But instead the nerds here told me I could probably install OpenWRT on them and it turns out they were right. My router was one of an expansive list of routers that is compatible with it. It was tricky to install, but I used AI to guide me through it. And now my shit’s super snappy, fast, uses the latest security protocols. Turns out I can crank my radios up higher than normal and get really, really good coverage and really high speed all the time. It’s for real this one weird trick that tech companies don’t want you to know about.

    • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
      2·
      14 hours ago

      Without getting into the technical side of things.

      Normal Windows home edition is to what ever firmware your ISP (Internet service provider) puts on your router to make it play nice with their network.

      Open WRT is to cracks knuckles fuck it, ill configure it myself (think Arch linux, or any program/platform where the user is given a bundle of sticks and a phone book of a manual and told “try not to hurt yourself”)

      Its a community updated router firmware/software project that gives the user a bit too much control. This allowes people who know what they are doing to make some very secure, free, and complex networks, but also gives you the tools to piss off your ISP or break something.